---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment What about making the coils first and slipping them over the old pins without backing them out more than a 1/2 turn? Greg Newell At 03:42 AM 1/8/2003, you wrote: >Hi, I just picked up a Broadwood grand, 1882, 7'2",Rosewood, one >diagonal and one longitudinal bar,underdamper as well as a curious >"gunmetal harmonic bar" found where a capo tasto bar normally is. This >piano is in absolutely original condition- pins wire cloth etc. It >needs minor refinishing and cleaning only. Now it has somewhat rusty >strings and I would like to restring it, but it also has the infamous >screw type oblong head pins and I fear that the tuning torque would be >too low if I attempted to reuse these. >I am concerned to preserve the original state of this piano as with >all the 19thC pianos I have seen they rarely have original cloths etc, >and these are critical to setting up the actions. >This piano is to be sold eventually and if I dont replace the pins, >someone else probably will as few techs have the necessary tuning >wrench oblong tips. >Any opinions? >Andrew Nolan > >--- > >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.435 / Virus Database: 244 - Release Date: 12/30/2002 Greg Newell mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment--
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